Tag: community
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Name change: Anambra community denies Maduka, say he is a migrant
…hence cannot change our ancestral name, heritage …storm govt house (Photos) A group of community indigenes under the aegis of Nkerehi Progressive Union with headquarters at Nkerehi Townhall, in Orumba South council of Anambraon Tuesday stormed the State Governor’s office in Awka in protest for what they described as “attempt by the Hon Commissioner…
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Murder of 35-year-old lady: Ebonyi community joins police to unmask killers
The Anike Community in Onicha Igboeze of Ebonyi has pledged to assist the police in their investigation to unmask the killers of 35-year-old lady native, Miss Nnenna Onu. The Chairman of the community, Mr Phillip Nwankwo, made the pledge while reacting to the gruesome murder of the lady by yet-to-be identified assailants. Speaking in an…
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Herdsmen kill three persons in Ondo, set community ablaze
Three persons have been feared dead in Ondo State following an attack on a community in Ose Local Government Area of the State. The community, Molege village was said to have been attacked by herders over the refusal of villagers to allow herdsmen graze on farmlands in the community with their cows. The herders reportedly…
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Gunmen attack Imo community, kill two, destroy properties
Gunmen have killed at least two persons when they stormed Etekwuru autonomous community in the Ohaji/Egbema Local Government Area of Imo State around 4am on Wednesday. The invaders also destroyed properties and left some villagers injured before leaving the area. The reason for the attack had yet to be ascertained as of the time of…
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Fresh killings: Community takes victims’ corpses to Plateau Government House, Assembly
The Speaker, Plateau House of Assembly, Abok Ayuba,has called for calm and restraint over Tuesday’s attack on Yelwa Zangam community in the state by gunmen. Abok made the call when members of the Yelwa Zangam community took corpses of their loved ones killed in the attack, to the Assembly. Yelwa Zangam, a community in Jos…
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Three killed as suspected herdsmen storm Ogun community
Unknown number of herdsmen on Friday night invaded Igbooro, Oja-Odan in the Yewa-North Local Government area of Ogun State, killing three and injuring two villagers. The prowling herdsmen reportedly invaded the village, closed to Eggua in Oja-Odan around 11 pm on Friday, shot extensively, and set ablaze three houses and storehouses in the village. A…
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Anambra community protests against attempt to impose traditional ruler
The people of Awa Town in Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra has urged Gov. Willie Obiano to save the community from an impending crisis over an attempt to impose a traditional ruler on them. The people, on Wednesday at the Government House, Awka, cried out against the proposed traditional ruler election slated for…
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Eight murdered as bandits attack Zamfara community
The Zamfara State Police Command regrettably confirm the demise of eight people in an attack by suspected armed bandits on Janbako Community of Maradun LGA in the early hours of Sunday In a statement, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Mohammed Shehu said the bandits launched a violent reprisal attack on the said community following…
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Soldiers deployed to communities near Abuja airport
Soldiers and policemen have mounted checkpoints around some communities near the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja. This was apparently to forestall the breakdown of law and order as the protests against the scrapped Special Anti-Robbery Squad of the Nigeria Police Force continues. The security officers mounted checkpoints around Kuje, Soka, and parts of Lugbe which…
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Going back home – Francis Ewherido
By Francis Ewherido About five years ago, the former editor of The Guardian, Abraham Ogbodo, told me he would return to his village once he retired from The Guardian. Retire to the village in your 50s? What will you be doing? Not many people do that, especially in Urhobo Land. I did not take him…